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03-06-2018, 06:46 PM (This post was last modified: 03-06-2018, 06:46 PM by KLaz.)
I was going through my shop and cleaning some stuff up and came across a gallon of JE Moser water based premium spray lacquer from 2006. It has never been opened or froze

Any of you finishing gurus think this product is still good?
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03-06-2018, 06:49 PM
If it's pink or smells rotten it's likely bad.  If not, try it on some scrap and see if it cures well.  

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03-07-2018, 06:40 AM
The proof will be in the testing. Some time ago Jeff Jewitt published something about shelf life of finishes and said that any waterborne should be tossed after 2 years, whether it had been opened or not. My very-less-experience-than-his is only with some Targert coatings stuff that sat in a jar for well over 5 years in my shop and was still good. I tossed it anyway (not enough for anything), but I'd test it and go from there.
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03-07-2018, 12:02 PM
(03-07-2018, 06:40 AM)fredhargis Wrote: The proof will be in the testing. Some time ago Jeff Jewitt published something about shelf life of finishes and said that any waterborne should be tossed after 2 years, whether it had been opened or not. My very-less-experience-than-his is only with some Targert coatings stuff that sat in a jar for well over 5 years in my shop and was still good. I tossed it anyway (not enough for anything), but I'd test it and go from there.

Thanks guys.  I'll give it a shot
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